In addition, we have runners profiles from Ann Blake and Lucja Leonard.

We also have articles from on Stress & Running (Gemma Carter), Mimi Andersons (and Samantha Gash) epic Freedom Run Across South Africa, The World 100km Championship Report (Nadeem Khan – IAU) and the usual roundup of a few marathons.

This is totals 142 pages and is a 22mb pdf file so please allow sometime to download depending upon the speed of your internet connection.

In addition, we have runners profiles from Frank Womelsdorf, Maxine Lock, Neil MacNicol and William Robertson.

We also have articles from on Eat 2 Complete (Andy Mouncey), Support Crews (Gemma Carter), The 50k Race (Nadeem Khan) and DNF Corner (Paul Ali). In addition we have a Bob Graham Round write up from James Elson and a report from Barry Miller (pictured above) on the US Grand Slam.

This is totals 207 pages and is a 33mb pdf file so please allow sometime to download depending upon the speed of your internet connection.

Issue 13 Competition

Thanks to our kind sponsors the ULTRAmarathonRunningStore we have one of the newly released Ultimate Direction FASTPACK 20 Backpack to give away in this issues competition.

Details of how you can be in with a chance of winning this backpack can be found on Page 118 of our current issue.

If you want to check out the specification of the FASTPACK 20 (competition hint) then check out the link here.

The Ultra Tales Blog has had a bit of a face lift with the aim to make each issue and download links more prominent.

In addition, I have updated the submission forms. If you are interested in submitting an event report, runners profile, marathon report, general article or a kit review then please take a look at the submissions page where you can find a form containing all the information we need from you.

If you have any feedback or comments then drop us a note on our Facebook page, email or tweet.

In addition, we have runners profiles from Chris Baynham-Hughes, Ewan Dunlop and Ellen Cottom.

We also have interviews with Paul Navesey and Edwina Sutton after the SDW50 wins and Mark Perkins after his SDW100 win and interview with Elite US runner Mike Wardian, a Paddy Buckley Round report and the usual Marathon report section.

This is totals 344 pages and is a 50mb pdf file so please allow sometime to download depending upon the speed of your internet connection.

Finally, we have an update from the British Trail Running Podcast Team, interviews with Mimi Anderson and Ryan Sandes along with articles on Ultra Training from Centurion Coach James Elson, the Social Ultra Website along with a couple of Social Ultra reports and an extract from James Adam’s new book “Running and Stuff”.

This issue is a 33mb pdf file and may take a few minutes to download depending upon the speed of your internet connection.

In addition we have a range of articles including an interview with Mark Hines, a tale about our Ultra WAGs (and HABs), Strength Training tips for Ultra Runners and we answer the question What is a Running Technique Coach?

With the start of the New Year we also asked a cross section of everyday ultra runners to tell us how their racing went in 2013 and what plans they have for 2014.